SPORES, Luain (Burroughs) --- 1920-2010

SHEFELBINE, BURROUGHS, SPORES, LUNDE, BOBINSKI, DANIELS, OHARE, REEDER, SMITH

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Date: 12/10/2010 at 09:20:34

Luain Spores

Luain Spores, 90, of Decorah, formerly of Dorchester, died Tuesday, October 26 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral services were held Friday, October 29 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Burial was at Dorchester Methodist Cemetery, Dorchester.
Luain Spores was born July 19, 1920 in Dorchester, the daughter of Ephriam and Emma (Shefelbine) Burroughs. She attended elementary and junior high school in Dorchester. October 17, 1938 she married James W. Spores, Jr. in Decorah. They lived in Dorchester, where they raised there five children.
Luain was a member of St. John’s Methodist Church in Dorchester. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, making quilts for family members and for church fundraisers, baking, canning and spending time with family and friends.
Survivors include her children, Charlotte Lunde of Waterloo, Gaylord Spores of Decorah, Sheldon (Kathy) Spores of Forest City, Shelby (Clifford) Bobinski of Rock Island, IL, and Darrell Spores of Waterloo; seven grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James, Jr., who died in 1984; a son-in-law, William Lunde; five sisters, Elmora Daniels, Merle O’Hare, Lois Spores, Vesta Reeder and Myrtle Smith.
Casket bearers were Joe Thompson, Curtis Spores, Mike Lunde, William Hall, Gary Knickerbocker and Dave Carolan.

Waukon Standard, November 3, 2010

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